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(No Model.) W.- S. KENYON YARN DRESSER.

Patented Feb. 8, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINFIELD S. KENYQN, OF VOODSTOCK,CONNECTICUT;

YARN-DRESSER.

SPECIFICATIOIV forming part of Letters Patent N0.,357,208, datedFebruary 8, 1887.

Application filed September 4, 1886. Serial No.2l2.fi99. (1\"o model.)

To all whom it may concern: u

Be it known that I, WINEI LD S. KENYON, of Woodstock, in the county ofWindham and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Yarn-Dressers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing. had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspeedfication, and in which-- Figure 1 represents so much of an ordinaryyarn-dresser as is necessary to illustrate my improvements thereon; andFig. 2 is a side View thereof with additional parts, (not shown in Fig.1,) looking in the direction indicated by the arrow in said Fig. 1, thisfigure also showing the position of one of the yarnstrands in passingthrough the machine, as hereinafter more fully set forth. 7

The purpose ofmy invention is to provide means wherebythe yarn, afterhaving been sized in the usual way, may be dried sufficiently upon theexterior thereof prior to its passing over the usual drying-cylinders,toprevent the separate strands from adhering one to another or to saidcylinders,and thus enabling the same to be smoothly and evenly dressed.

Said invention consists in combining with an ordinary dressing-machine aseries of steamcoils arranged horizontally beneath the machine andproper guides and rolls for conduct-.

ing the yarn-strands from the usual sizing-rolls over said steam-coilsand between the latter and the usual drying-cylinders, so as topartially dry the yarn before passing onto said cylinders, ashereinafter more fullyset forth.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it more in detail.

' Referring to the drawings, the part marked a represents the frame, I)b the sizing-rolls, c

the box in which the sizing material is con tained, and d d thedrying-cylinders, of an ordinary yarn-dressing machine. The aforesaidrolls and cylinders are fitted to turn in suitable bearings, and thesizing-box may be supported under the sizing-rolls, as ordinarily.

I employ, as in other machines of this class, suitable separating-reedsand guide-rolls, e and f, for properly guiding the yarn in its passagethrough the machine. I also employ an ordinary brush-wheel, 9, just infront of the sizing-rolls, for smoothing the fibers of the yarn afterhaving been sized in the usual way.

The method often employed of passing the yarn directly from thesizing-rolls to the drying-cylinders and thence around said cylindersand off to be wound upon the usual receiving spool or reel,p, isobjectionable, owing to the surface of the separate strands of yarn notbecoming sufficiently dried before passing onto the cylinders to preventtheir adhering to each other and gu mining the surface of said cylindersas they are drawn forward through the machine. When thus stuck and bakedtogether, it is obvious that the operation of separating the strands infront of the guides and of drawing them through the machine mustnecessarily be attended with considerable difficulty, and from thiscause the strands are often broken or damaged by the aforesaid .methtodof dressing.

To obviate the above objections is the main purpose of my invention,which result I attain by drying the yarn immediately upon its beingsized sufficiently to prevent the separate strands from adhering whencoming in contact with each other by guiding and car- 'rying forwardeach strand separately for some distance from the sizing-rolls beforeguiding the same onto the drying-cylinders d d.

I accomplish the above result by fastening the arms or extensions h h tothe front end of the 7 frame a, which project forward longitudinally andabout upon a horizontal line from said frame. Said extensions it havemounted upon their outer ends a carrying-roll, i, around which the yarnis passed. .By the use of said extensions and roll, it will be seen byreference to Fig. 2 that I am enabled to obtain a long stretch betweenbearings, and thus allow the separate strands to become well hardened orsufficiently if desired. Said yarn is partially dried before passingonto the cylinders d d by means of steam passed through a series ofsteamcoils, m, arranged substantially horizontally under the longstretch j of the yarn, which bed of coils extend sidewise nearly to theinner sides of the frame a and longitudinally from justin front of thesizing-rolls b I) nearly up to the carrying-roll 5. Steam is insertedthrough the pipe at and passes out at the opposite end through the pipe0, or vice versa. By thus passing the yarn under the usualdrying-cylinders and over the aforesaid bed of steam-coils it is obviousthat it must necessarily bedried sufficiently upon its surface toprevent one strand adhering to another,which, as is well known, is ofgreat practical advantage, inasmuch as I am thereby enabled to dividethe yarn up into sections of any desired number ofstrands without theliability of their bu nching up or becoming cldgged together.

By the use of my improved machine the receiving-spool may be divided upinto several compartments, with divisions or partitions between eachtwo, and the various styles and classes of yarn may be wound separatelyat one time in their respective sections upon said spool, the advantageof which is at once apparent to those skilled in the art to which myinvention relates.

The steam-coils m may be supported by means of a frame, m, or in anyother convenient manner. Although I prefer said steamcoils, other meansmay be employed for applying artificial heat under the part jof theyarn, if desired.

I am aware that it is not new to conduct the yarn over guide-rolls for aconsiderable distance before passing it onto the drying-cylinders, andthat artificial heat, aside from said cylinders, has been employed fordrying the yarn, but in a different way to that hereinbefore set forth.I' therefore, in view of the above, limit my invention to my mode ofaccomplishing the desired result.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-- In combination with the usual sizing-rolls anddrying-cylinders of a yarn-dressing ma chine, a bed or series ofsteam-coils having a supply and waste pipe connected therewith, alsomeans for supporting said coils in substantially a horizontal positionjust beneath the working parts of the machine, and means for conductingthe yarn from the sizing-rolls down and forward between said steam-coilsand the drying-cylinders, and thence back and up over said cylinders,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WINFIELD S. KENYON.

Vtitnesses:

ALBERT A. BARKER, ADELBERT F. MowR'Y.

